Assessing Teaching Practices Associated With a Professional Learning Community Development: Scale Design and Validation

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 29
  In Roundtable Session: Research on Teachers and Teacher Collaboration

Abstract

In education, professional collaboration among teachers and other educators improves student learning as these educators share their knowledge and their best practices. The current Chilean educational reform advocate for create spaces for team work and collaboration among school. The Professional Learning Community (PLC) is an organizational approach that may guide the creation of a school culture that encourage professional collaborative work. In this research, a scale for assessing teaching practices that supports the implementation of a PLC was designed and validated accordingly to the Chilean educational system. The study results inform the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the designed scale.

Author

• Felipe Sepulveda, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción